Former Governor of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has arrived at the Ikeja State High Court in Lagos for his arraigned over alleged abuse of office and allocation of billions of dollars.
The embattled ex governor of the Apex bank alongside his co-defendant, one Henry Isioma Omole, are expected to be arraigned on fresh 26 counts charge before Justice Rahman Oshodi on 8th April 2024.
In the charge marked ID/23787c/2024 and dated April 3, 2024, the EFCC alleged that Emefiele abused his office between 2022 and 2023 in Lagos.
The anti-graft agency also alleged that the former CBN governor “directed to be done in abuse of the authority of your office, as the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, an arbitrary act, to wit: allocating foreign exchange in the aggregate sum of $2,136,391,737.33 without bids, which act is prejudicial to the rights of Nigerians.”
Details shortly…
